Although markets are near their highs, investors backed away from stocks on news the global business climate is not doing well, as the three major indexes dropped. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched down -0.15 percent, -20.55 points, to close at 13,558.92, while the Nasdaq dropped -0.60 percent to 3,160.78. The S&P lost -0.22 percent to close at 1,456.89. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite was up +0.78 percent to close at 1089.20. Housing stocks we track closed mixed, with very little movement up or down, or even. Drew Industries advanced the most of tracked stocks, gaining +2.02%, +0.61, to close at 30.86. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -1.37%, -0.07, to close at 45.91. Affiliated Managers Group 124.08 -0.15 (-0.12%). Cavco 45.84 -0.03 (-0.07%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 133,034 -1,550.00 (-1.15%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Equity LifeStyle Properties 69.48 +0.38 (+0.55%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.91 +0.11 (+0.79%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 6.00 for the second day. Patrick Industries 14.73 +0.19 (+1.31%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.47 -0.02 (-0.04%). Third Avenue Value Fund (9-21) 48.94 -0.03 (-0.06%). United Forest Products, Inc. 42.74 +0.27 (+0.64%). UMH 12.08 +0.08 (+0.67%).
